Wagon-sign.



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WAGON SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1916.

Patented. Sept 4, 1917.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY JOHN D. DIFFENBAUGH, or MONMOUTH, rumors.

I WAGON-SIGN.

1,238,?419, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. at, 11917,. Application filed July 15, 1916. Serial N 0. 109,560.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OIIN D. DIFFEN- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residth in the county of Warren useful Improvements in Wagon- Signs, of which the following is a specification. th

This invention relates to an improved sign and the principal object of the invention is to provide a sign so constructed that it may be connected with a wagon axle and cover the spokes of-the supporting wheel thus givengage the hub,

and therefore it will not interfere with the free rotation of the wheel upon the axle. If it is necessary to remove the wheel in order to apply grease to the axle, the sign can be removed by turning the bolt 14 inthe proper direction and the securing nut 19 of the wheel can then be re- In(1 ved and the wheel Withdrawn from the ax e.

In Fig. 4 there has been shown a modified which the sign 10 is in the form of a disk, concaved and having its edge portion provided with a flange 20 extending to a. point adjacent the felly of the wheel and having its central portion extending outwardly to provide a hood 21. The securing bolt 14' passes through an opening in the center of this hood 21 and is screwed into a socket 17 formed in the axle 18 of the Wheel 16, a locking nut 15 being screwed upon this bolt 14 and engaging the inner face of the hood. It will thus be seen that the sign is of a construction somewhat similar to the one shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the only difference being; that in this form, the sign is provided with a hood 21 instead of with the yokes 12 and is provided with a flange 20 which is not used in the form shown in the previous figures.

at is claimed is he combination with an axle having an integral spindle provided with a threaded opening leading from its outer end of a sup porting wheel rotatably mounted upon said axle, a securing nut for the wheel upon the outer end of the spindle, a sign positioned in front of the s oke portion of the wheel, a securing bolt tbr the sign screwed into the simply necessary socket in the axle in order to mount Another object of the invention construct this sign that it will not interfere with the easy rotation of the wheel and to further so construct it that it may serve as a hub protector thus preventing the Wheel from gathering dirt, sand or other material which might drop upon the hub from a wagon.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing a wheel with the improved sign positioned in operative relation to the same, the wheel and sign being shown in side elevation.

Fig.2 is a view in elevation of the wheel and sign taken at right angles to the view in Fi 1.

li ig. 3 isa sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fi 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modified form of si The sign 10 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is in the form of a disk having hese yokes extend in crossed relation threaded opening, of the axle and having a In; testimony whereof I afiix my signature heaii at its outeg end exilglaging the sifi, afnd in presence of two witnesses. a c ainplng nu upon e securing 0 t or a clamping the sign between the clamping nut JOHN 'DIFFENBAUGH' 5 and the head of the bolt and holdin the sign Witnesses:

in spaced relation to the Wheel an holding 1 F. W. SWYGARD, the sign against movement. EDWIN E. LEADER. 

